Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1887-06-10

is fairly GOOD. ON the next page - bond
for 81 900. issued at the same date, and on
lhe following one Is another Tor ~ ,UoO,
but this il not made payable until iS9-,
and its long list OF coupons make It ~
LARGE aS the page in which this letter is
printed. 1t was issued in lS63. The
paper was poorer than those oil the first
bonds, the engraving is poorly done, and
il could be easily cOunterieIted. Some al
the Confederate money, | am told here,
was counterleited, and, strange tn say, the
counterteiting WAS done IN Washington,
and the cOunterteltrrS were arrested by the
Government of the United States, ana not
by those OF the Confederate government.
Some of these bonds were issued at q per
cent and made payable two years after
the signing of treaty OF peace with the
United States government. Some hear the
tlce of Jefferson Davis, others that of Alex
audcr II. Stephens and not few that OF
Stoncwall Jackson.
The collection of postage stamps ~ near
w complete, and am told that the post
masters OF the United States were con-
tinued rs far rs possible in office when
they would acknowledge the Coniederacy,
noarly in its old form ~ possible. At
first the stamps of the United States were
used, but later on those of the COntederary
were adopted.
There are 4 number Of envelopes IN this
SCRAP book which show how hard up the
Confederate Government was during ITS
latter days. Envelopes once used were
turned inside out and used again. Some
are made OF wall paper, and their out
sides are of all the COlOrS of the rainbow,
and others are made of ordinary paper,
and look rs though they might have been
cut out with hand saw. Paper became
very scarce during the last days OF the
Cunlehcracy, and this scarcity extended to
the Government rs well a. To private CItI-
ZcnS.
Some of the government Oricrs are kept
here printed on the back ul wall paper
and there is a newspaper here that Is
printed on one side of u sheet of this ma
terial. The Couledcnltes made some paper,
and there are envelopes here of then man
ulncture. They are not very good, how
ever. and show that they are the work OF
amateurs. The money, 80 far rs smaller
issues are concerned, Of both State ana
the National Government, is printed on
very poor paper, and during the latter days
of the COniederacy tickets were issued by
firms ut Richmond in the place OF smaller
change. calling for 80 much on demand.
State issues. ranging from five cents To -,
were ON similar paper, and one | re
member certified that the State OF South
Carolina would pay the bearer five cents
on the presentation of the ticket about
the size of visiting card, on which the
promise was made The date OF this note
was February, 1865, and tine ink was so
poor that it is now almost faded out. On
the other pages | saw Il number of com
missions for major generals and brigadier
generals, headed Jefferson Davis, PreSl-
dent OF the Confederate States OF Amer
lea" and there are among those papers
passes through the lines, orders for sup
plies. orders upon the Confederate treas
ury, receipts for money paid for bonds,
and thousand and one curioSities which
it is hardly possible toaccurately describe.